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Updated on: 14 May 2011, 10:44

OA is E and perhaps the only answer choice that comes even close. But I have a doubt regarding E. You see this sentence depends on the parallelism between two clauses:

1. the levels of department head involvement to be curtailed and that 2. the advertising program be undertaken.

There is a "that" in the sentence that introduces a command subjunctive. So, the 2 clauses sould be parallel in structure, meaning to say that they should begin with the same word right? So shouldn't the correct answer choice be: "that the levels of department head involvement be curtailed and that the advertising program be".

Or, we can leave out the "that" in the second clause as the "that" before the first makes it unnecessary?
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14 May 2011, 10:41

gmatpapa wrote:

Despite protests from some shareholders, committee members have ordered the levels of department head involvement to be curtailed and that the advertising program be undertaken.

A. the levels of department head involvement to be curtailed and that the advertising program beB. the levels of department head involvement to be curtailed and that the advertising program beingC. the measure of levels of department head involvement to be curtailed and the advertising program to beD. the levels of department head involvement to be curtailed with their advertising program beingE. that the levels of department head involvement be curtailed and the advertising program be

correct idiom is ordered that. More over with command subjunctive be + verb base form has to be used.

out of C and EE fits the bill,excepting the requirement of that after the and makes it perfectly parallel.

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17 May 2011, 03:25

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Let us face the issue of parallelism squarely. In theory we indeed accept those that are structurally and logically identical as parallel.

Ex: He wants ‘to’ drink and ‘to’ dance. Here the infinitive ‘to’ is used in both arms

We also may say: He wants to drink and dance. Here the 'to' is elliptical in the second arm. This is perfectly acceptable

Ex. 2. He cried ‘that’ the horse flung him and ‘that’ it dumped him in the pit.

Compare this to

He cried that the horse flung him and dumped him in the pit.

Do you think the second version is un//?

Example 3.

The captain cautioned the soldiers that they should sleep well, that they should eat well and that they should drink well before they make the final ambush on the enemy -- ‘This is parallel though too wordy. The captain cautioned the soldiers that they should sleep well, eat well and drink well before they make the final ambush on the enemy -- This is also perfectly parallel and even more elegant; In the process we have dropped so many repeated words . Isn’t this a better version? In parallelism, structure is subservient to logic, If I may say so. For the sake of concision, we often do drop some words such as ‘that’ and rightly so.

But I also do not deny that GMAT might reject a case for not repeating the connector word ‘that’ , but I just don’t remember one handily, since I don’t maintain an archive.
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03 Apr 2017, 22:09

I picked E because ordered takes THAT, but also am I correct in my reasoning that because it's a bossy verb that having 'to be' is incorrect and that it should be "ordered that X BE Y" in order to be correct (e.g., 'to' makes it incorrect)?

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04 Apr 2017, 00:18

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mdacosta wrote:

I picked E because ordered takes THAT, but also am I correct in my reasoning that because it's a bossy verb that having 'to be' is incorrect and that it should be "ordered that X BE Y" in order to be correct (e.g., 'to' makes it incorrect)?